Lorraine D. Hebler

Porch Planters

By Lorraine

Redoing a garage sale urn was a DIY project that resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annual coleus does exceptionally well.
Do you have beat-up, sad looking porch planters that have seen better days? I do, or rather did. I finally got around to tackling a project that was easier than I thought making me regret my procrastination.
 

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I found a very large foam planter at a garage sale. It was in pretty bad condition but I loved the classic urn style.  I bought it and loaded it into the car… a big, dirty, chippy mess.
 
 
Redoing a garage sale urn was a DIY project that resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annual coleus does exceptionally well.
Look at it now!  Filled with greens and flowers, it stands quite impressive by the front door.
 

Preparing to paint porch planters 

 
A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.
You can see why I procrastinated.  
 
 
A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.I went over the container with a wire brush to remove as much flaking as I could then wiped it with a rag to be sure it was free of dust and particles.
 
 

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A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.You all paint on your kitchen counter too, right! Please, say you do 😉
 
I gave the planter a coat of paint using Valspar latex enamel interior/exterior (for wood and metal) in Satin Black. It did a great job covering and I only needed a light second coat.
 
 
Redoing a garage sale urn was a DIY project that resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annual coleus does exceptionally well.Before filling with potting soil, I placed an inverted flower pot into the bottom.  No need for soil where roots don’t go.  A few sticks from the back yard for height, and pieces of ivy and a primrose dug from the garden were added to the planter.
 
 
A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.Then coleus and impatiens that were started from seed and grew on a window still until ready for planting. 

 

A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.Lastly, I added a gorgeous colored sweet potato vine. It matches pillow covers I made to accent the cushions and pillows I covered a few years ago. Just a little time and already it has filled in and spilling over.

 
Updated Photo August 17th:
 
 
A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.
 
 

Concrete planters

I used the same paint on a pair of concrete planters.
These rascals were way too heavy to hoist onto the kitchen counter!
 
 
 
A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.Ready to paint
 
 
A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.Painting completed.
 
 
A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.The pair of planters have been on my front porch for many years and now look renewed with a few coats of paint.
 
 
The wicker could use a fresh coat of paint and the bench is chipping.  The lawn needs mowing and there are weeds to pull. Always work to be done but I think I will sit a spell before moving on to the next project.  Love for you to join me!
 

Update

A garage sale urn was a DIY project. A little work and a new coat of paint resulted in a beautiful, farmhouse style porch planter for spring garden flowers with lots of curb appeal. Shade loving annuals flowers and coleus do exceptionally well.Just want to share this photo of the incredible size of the coleus growing on the porch in the large planter. And to imagine they started out so tiny when I started them from seed growing on a sunny window sill.

 

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Comments

  3. Tammy@Simple Southern Happiness says

    Totally blown away with the transformation. I have 3 planters in need of help and wanted to paint them black. I see now there is nothing that should hold me back, yours are stupendous and you brought new life to them. And I might add the choice in plants are perfect in every way.
    Have a blessed 4th.

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  5. Lea says

    Gorgeous planters and love your porch! It looks so welcoming! Yes, there's always a project to work on……….Happy 4th of July!

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  7. Ann says

    I would have procrastinated too because it's what I do best 🙂 That turned out really nice. I love the look of your porch too.

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  8. Just a little something from Judy says

    You continue to inspire me! What a beautiful job you did! I like how you shared the before and after, and even better, I like that you shared your inviting looking porch. Everyone would love to sit with you there.

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  10. Blackberry Lane says

    You did a beautiful job! I notice that Raider was keeping an eye on you from inside the door!
    Your porch looks very inviting.

    Reply

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